Month: April 2025

Erewhon, the immensely popular and expensive West Coast grocery store, has bugs. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reportedly found a roach at the fancy California retailer’s Santa Monica location, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday, April 10.  Erewhon’s corporate office told the California news outlet, “We deeply regret that a roach
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They were the words I longed to hear: “We could try one of the weight loss shots.”  My short, 5’3″ frame was holding 223 lbs. when I arrived at my annual physical in June 2023. I had struggled with weight my entire life and had tried everything: Weight Watchers, nutritionists, gyms, personal trainers, special vitamins,
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Petdine Recalls Eight Zesty Paws Soft Chew Supplements Maker: PetdineCause: Potential Salmonella contaminationAnnouncement: FDA announcement dated April 7, 2025 (archived here)What was recalled: Zesty Paws Soft Chew Supplements Don’t leave your pet’s safety to chance Sign up for Petful recall alerts today. Overview ​Petdine, LLC of Harvard, IL, is recalling eight Zesty Paws soft chew
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William Finn, a Tony Award–winning composer and lyricist known for musicals like Falsettos and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, has died at age 73. Multiple outlets reported Finn’s death on Tuesday, April 8, citing his literary agent Ron Gwiazda. The artist died Monday, April 7, after a lengthy illness, Deadline reported, though an
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Wayfair is always rolling out new decor and furniture deals. It just so happens that some of our favorite markdowns right now are from the site’s celebrity-backed brands. Kelly Clarkson, Martha Stewart, and Joanna Gaines have all rolled out impressive new discounts on area rugs, sideboards, throw pillows, and more — up to 80 percent
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Forget the rain — April has its own set of meteor showers lighting up the heavens! This month is often synonymous with rain, but stargazers are in for a treat once the skies clear. With meteor showers and other celestial events lighting up the sky throughout the month, astronomers predict an exciting month of skywatching
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Sophie Flay has a good reason for missing her dad Bobby Flay’s work events.  On the Thursday, April 3 episode of Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, the celebrity chef, 60, taste tested a few dishes from the radio show’s on-air crew, including Bobby’s own Italian wedding soup recipe that host Elvis Duran, 60, made. Even
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Russell Brand is facing charges stemming from multiple rape and sexual assault allegations. In a news release, the Metropolitan Police said they had charged Brand, 49, with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, one count of oral rape and two counts of sexual assault following an investigation by detectives that began in
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Supercan Bulk Recalls Single Lot of Pig Ear Slivers Pet Treats Maker: Supercan BulkCause: Potential Salmonella contaminationAnnouncement: FDA announcement dated January 31, 2025 (archived here)What was recalled: Supercan Pig Ear Slivers- Thick Cut Piggy Ear Slices Distribution: Washington State Don’t leave your pet’s safety to chance Sign up for Petful recall alerts today. Overview Supercan Bulk
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Ron Howard is remembering his collaborator, Val Kilmer. The actor, best known for roles in Top Gun and Batman Forever, died of pneumonia at the age of 65 on Tuesday, April 1. Howard, 71, directed Kilmer in 1988’s Willow and worked with him again in 2003’s The Missing. On Wednesday morning, he took to X
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One family had an unexpected photobomb during their trip to the national capital. On Tuesday, April 1, Portia Moore, the mother of son Preston and daughter Belle, posted an Instagram photo of her two children posing with the cherry blossoms on Washington D.C.’s Tidal Basin on Monday, March 31.  But after photographer Briana Inell snapped
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When a biopsy revealed that Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi had atypical cells in her left breast, the Los Angeles-based OB-GYN feared the worst. Using a breast cancer risk calculator, she discovered that the odds she would develop cancer were an alarming 37% — and promptly requested a double mastectomy from her doctors.  “If you told me
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